Improvement in cultivators



T. J. JONES.

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No.181 944. Patented Sept. 5,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

THOMAS J. JONES, OF BLAIRSBURG,IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTIVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 181,944., datedSeptember 5, 1876 application filed June 9, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. JONES, of Blairsburg, in the county ofHamilton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cultivator; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and useit, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form part ofthis specification.

. My invention relates to an improvement in wheel-cultivators; and itconsists in the arrangement and combination of parts, that will be morefully described hereinafter, whereby the driver is enabled to guide theplows or cultivators, and to raise and lower them at' will withoutmoving from his seat. 1

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view ofthe same.

a represents the usual bent axle; b, the driving-wheels; c, the tongue;d, the plowbeams, and e the hangers or supports, which extend down fromthe under side of the axle, and serve as guides and supports to thebeams d.

The two front ends of the beams are connected together by means of thebow g, the ends of which project slightly beyond the sides of the beams,and have the single-trees h attached to them. The middle and raisedportion of the bow is pivoted to the front end of the lever 41, whichlever is pivoted upon the oross-barj on top of the tongue, and extendsback to within easy reach of the driver on the seat 5. By moving thislever from side to side,

the driver is enabled to guide the plows with ease and certainty in anydesired direction, so as to avoid obstructions of any kind that may bein the way. Through the axle a, on each side of this lever, is made ahole, in which a 7 Attached to this lever and shaft by means of chainsor rods t are the plow-beams, so that the driver can raise them up from,and lower them to, the earth, and regulate the depth to which they shallrun.

It will be seen that these two levers extend back to the driver on hisseat, so that he has full control of the plows at all times and underall circumstances.

It will be seen that the parts of this machine are few, simple, andcompact.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- The combination of the twobeams 01, united at their front ends by the how 9, single-trees h,attached to the ends of the bow, lever i,

shaft n, and chains or rods t, substantially as shown and described.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this25th day of May, 1876.

THOMAS J. JONES. Witnesses:

G. M. BLAIR, J. M. MoCARTHY.

